New Year – New Writing Opportunities

Welcome to our first blog post of 2025. We'd like to take the opportunity to wish you a happy and productive new year, and also to welcome all our new subscribers who have joined us in recent months. We hope you find our website and output exciting and stimulating, and we can't wait to read … Continue reading New Year – New Writing Opportunities

PROMPT GRID: Snooker Loopy

Today sees the start of the 17-day World Snooker Championships in Sheffield, England, with Mark Selby - 'The Jester From Leicester' - defending his title. (It's a favourite of our EIC Paul, so you might not be hearing too much from him over the next couple of weeks as he'll be glued to his telly … Continue reading PROMPT GRID: Snooker Loopy

TEA BREAK EXERCISE: It’s Written In The Stars

An oft-suggested tip is that daily horoscopes can provide all kinds of inspiration for short stories or flash fiction. But so can the actual signs of the zodiac. For this exercise, choose one of the twelve zodiac signs - we suggest picking one at random rather than using your own. Firstly, let that sign suggest … Continue reading TEA BREAK EXERCISE: It’s Written In The Stars

Paperback Writer

It's Global Beatles Day! Of course it is. And we couldn't let that go by without putting out another of our themed Writing Prompt Grids. As always, enjoy yourself - you don't need to be too literal with any of the choices made. Just throw the die, make a note of the selections, and away … Continue reading Paperback Writer

And Now For Something Completely Different

Today is Sir Michael Palin's birthday. A perfect excuse for us (if we needed one) to give you another of our themed Prompt Grids. This one is, of course, a Monty Python themed grid. Roll the die seven times to gather the elements to your story. Have plenty of fun with it... And give yourself … Continue reading And Now For Something Completely Different

Shakespeare’s Birthday

Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday, and just for a bit of fun we tweeted a writing prompt that was themed around the Bard. It seemed to generate a lot of interest on twitter - and, we hope, inspired plenty of writing! So we thought we'd use it to start our series of writing prompts here on … Continue reading Shakespeare’s Birthday